-age

See also: age, Age, âge, Agë, Åge, and âgé

English

Etymology

From Old French -age, from Latin -āticum. Cognates include French -age, Italian -aggio, Portuguese -agem, Spanish -aje, Romanian -aj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪdʒ/, /ədʒ/ (earlier loans and when attached to any non-French roots)
• IPA^(key): /ɑʒ/ (more recent loanwords from French such as massage, mirage, barrage, etc.)

Suffix

-age

1. Forming nouns with the sense of collection or appurtenance.

   ‎word + ‎-age → ‎wordage

   Synonyms: -ery, -ing

2. forming nouns indicating a process, action, or a result

   ‎block + ‎-age → ‎blockage

   ‎marry + ‎-age → ‎marriage

   ‎slip + ‎-age → ‎slippage

   ‎shrink + ‎-age → ‎shrinkage

3. forming nouns of a state or relationship

   ‎bond + ‎-age → ‎bondage

4. forming nouns indicating a place

   ‎orphan + ‎-age → ‎orphanage

   ‎hermit + ‎-age → ‎hermitage

5. forming nouns indicating a charge, toll, or fee

   ‎post + ‎-age → ‎postage

   ‎broker + ‎-age → ‎brokerage

   ‎cork + ‎-age → ‎corkage

6. forming nouns indicating a rate

   ‎percent + ‎-age → ‎percentage

   ‎mile + ‎-age → ‎mileage

Derived terms

► English words suffixed with -age

Translations

collection or appurtenance

• French: -age (fr) m

• Portuguese: -agem (pt) f

process, action or result

• Hungarian: -ás, -és

• Portuguese: -agem (pt) f, -ção (pt) f, -mento (pt) m

state or relationship

• Portuguese: -agem (pt) f, -ção (pt) f

place

• Portuguese: -ato m

charge, toll or fee

• Portuguese: -ágio m

rate

• Portuguese: -agem (pt) f

Anagrams

• EGA, Ega, G. E. A.

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Dutch

Etymology

From French -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.ʒə/

• Audio

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Suffix

-age

1. Creates nouns from verbs and from other nouns. It denotes:
   1. action

      ‎kijven (“to altercate, dispute, wrangle”) + ‎-age → ‎kijvage (“squabbling”)

      ‎lekken (“to leak”) + ‎-age → ‎lekkage (“leakage”)

   2. collectivity

      ‎tuig (“rig”) + ‎-age → ‎tuigage (“rigging”)

   3. result of an action

      ‎stellen + ‎-age → ‎stellage

Derived terms

► Dutch words suffixed with -age

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French

Etymology

From Middle French -age, from Old French -age, from Latin -āticum, greatly extended from words like rivage and voyage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʒ/
• Rhymes: -ɑʒ

Suffix

-age

1. Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result of Xing" or, more rarely, "action related to X".
2. Forming nouns with the sense of "state of being (a) X".
3. (rare) Forming collective nouns.

Usage notes

• Although the historical suffix has had many applications (e.g. family relationships, locations), it is now restricted primarily to the sense of "action of Xing", and many terms now have little to no connection with the most common uses. This is especially notable of those descended from actual Latin words in -aticus such as fromage and voyage.

Descendants

• Esperanto: -aĵo
• Ido: -ajo
• Portuguese: -agem
• Spanish: -aje

See also

► French words suffixed with -age

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Japanese

Romanization

-age

1. Rōmaji transcription of あげ

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French -age, from Latin -āticum.

Suffix

-age

1. forms nouns with the sense of "action or result of Xing" or, more rarely, "action related to X"
2. forms nouns with the sense of "state of being (a) X"

Derived terms

► Middle French words suffixed with -age

Descendants

• French: -age

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Occitan

Suffix

-age

1. (Mistralian) Alternative form of -atge

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Old French

Alternative forms

• -aige
• -aje (rare)

Etymology

From Latin -āticum.

Suffix

-age

1. forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result of'
2. forms nouns with the sense of 'state of being'

Derived terms

► Old French words suffixed with -age

Descendants

• → English: -age
• Middle French: -age
  • French: -age